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MILK RIVERVALLEY NEWS
HARLEM, MONT.
New* Pyb. Co., P. N. Wild. Mcr
A Chicago oculist asserts that dash's
cure alcoholism. They certainly
canso it.
Don’t gamble on the price of meat
nplestr you arc in a position lo hold
the steaks.
The .Japanese have a Togo and a
Nogl, but If they have a Nogo he lias
not yet been heard from.
The coffee trust has advanced prices
again, and the housewife feels she has
grounds for her boiling Indignation.
A great many Jiersons manage to
evade the train robliors by the shuttle
process of doing their traveling In the (
daytime.
A French statistician says that 14,-
00fi.OOO men were killed - In wars 111
th< last 100 years. American railroads
could beat that record.
The technical Journals tell us that
"alcohol made from sawdust Is al
ready u commercial success.” It is al
most Impossible to fall to sell alcolio 1
Dr. Brush has discovered a tr.be of
clltf dwellers In the mountains or Mex
ico. Why go so far? Why did he
overlook the occupants of the modern
flat building?
Is, higher education good for vom
enAo'Statistics show that not over one
oujp of-three or four of the graduates
<Jf the leading colleges for women suc
ceed In getting married.
If some of the distinguished officer*
of the United States army are correct
In their beliefs the enemy which cap
tures consignments of canned In of will
have the worst of the engagement.
Accepting as true the estimate that,
fifty years of coal mining will exhaust
all the reins of anthracite it Is easy to
s*e how the time may he extended to
twice that period by a strike every
other year.
By coloring the food of silkworms
French scientists nre able to cause the
little animals to produce any colored
silk that they desire, l’erhaps by giv
ing them water only they can produce
watered silk.
In all the public schools of Saxony,
English Is hereafter to bo an optional
subject, for the reason that It Is "the
most widely used civilized language
In the world.” The recognition of the
world sphere of Influence which our
mother tongue possesses and adorns is
thus once more to he recorded.
The science of “intensive" agricul
ture seems to have been mastered In
Japan, where, it Is stated, the forfy
flre million Inhabitants live almost en
tirely on the production of a culti
vated urea nhout one-third the size of
the State of Illinois. “Uncle Sara is
rich enough to give us all a farm," and
probably he would be willing to do It
If we were such superlative farmers
that we could grow food enough for
twenty-four hundred persons on each
square mile of land.
Painters employed to doeorate a rich
man's house In New Jorsey—a white
house with green blinds—refused to
make the trimmings a bright yellow,
as the owner ordered, and finally
struck rather than carry out a color
scheme which, they said, would ruin
the master painter's business. At first
thought a color-blind man seems to
have a right to any combination he is
willing to pay for; but really the paint
ers »truck the keynote for conscien
tious artistry and public welfare both,
for the < dor-blind man owes a duty to
Jds neighbors who have a better eolor
sense. ■,
Although some scientists say the
oceans are slowly shrinking, the ships
which man makes to flout on them are
•teadlly increasing in size. Measure
ment of every new marine monster is
made by comparison with tlio old
Great Eastern, so long the wonder of
the world. The new ship. Baltic,
which lately entered New York harbor
on her matden voyuge, presents some
interesting figures when so measured.
The Great Eastern was built to carry
twenty thousand tons of freight and
nearly three thousand passengers. The
Baltic can carry twenty-eight thou
sand tons of freight mid nearly three
thousand passengers, she is not an
“ocean greyhound." If one wanted a
on nine metaphor she would I** an
"ocean dnschund;" hut "ocean draft
horse" lilts the mark nearer the center.
The Baltic Is one of that practical mid
useful class of steamers, which be
cause of their great size and ecrifip.iru
tlvely low horsepower nre not fust,
but have great stability. Their- im
niensc carrying imparity makes then,
profitable lioats to run.
One of the distinct features ur the
age Is the tendency to return to ;ivrrl
cultnre. Where n few years ngo the
farmer boys were rushing in tin eltles
to crowd the professions, there Is now
a derided move In ttfo othej- direct Inn.
The natural reaction that lliust always
follow a movement so rntpeal lit - nm
nieasttro accounts for the .(JNpo.dtwn
to return to the soil for n livelihood,
but there Is more. The ngrlifulturist
has become a professional' ninn. The
college and university 'Have added
a special tourso for Ills benefit, ami
gives him a degree, lie Is a-liotn nlst
and a chemist. and siilence has taught
hint to take In tlte'J ided and worn-out
farm, and with Intelligence cau*e It to
blossom like the rose. The dispiriting
labor which bent the forms of the
elders and sent the luiUftouirrylng city
ward ’fiasj-jfa-eni lightened by devices
that better jnccittnwSn the imd sough to
l i e long lfcars aeb shortened, and thffi
lariner,flmls time to indlLlgc in the e am
joyments of life. This new condition,
added to the fascination- of indepem--
ilenee, has turned, lnajy men
other professions toward the Collliwy
cfirrylng with thenrttre mannerisms rrf
their • classes until the extermination
of the chin whisker is threatened • >»}'•
the Prince Albert couL - —
Practically alii the rubber In th*l
] world Is .obtained ffoin the trees that!
, grow wild in the forests of .Africa and
of South -iruerlca. The trees are usu-‘
ally widely scattered, and transportin''
j tlon of tho gum to market Is difficult.
I A capitalist of Para, Brazil, at thd
I moll Lit of t(ie Amazon, lias been experi
menting with the cultivation of rubber
trees. A Ijew years ago be planted a
lot of seeds. They came up, and the
trees grew so well that in 1890 he was
convinced that it was possible to make
n rubber plantation, and has devoted
live acres to tliat use. Tills spring he
tappud forty of the older trees, and
secured a lot of flrst-claas rubber gum.
He Is now satisfied that It Is possltole
to do on a large scale what he has
done In a small way; and that the man
who has capital enough to afford to
wait ten years for returns can make a
large proilt by planting rubber trine In
,the lower Amazon valley near tho mar
ket. The rubber thus produced fan
he guthered more cheaply than the
wild rubber, as the trees will be near
together, and It will be cleaner and
purer than that which Is gathered In
the natural forests. Besides, Its near
ness to the market will save the pro
ducer the heavy cost of freighting It
man}' hundred miles down the river.
11l tile meantime the South American
republics have been quarreling over
the possession of the wild rubber for
ints in the upper Amazon valley.
Tho assassination of Minister of the
interior von Plehve, following so closo
!y upon the assassination of the Ittis- ,
slim Governor General of Flnlanu,
goes to show that the rumors of grow
ing Infernal troubles In Russia have
not been exaggerated. Because the as
sassin Is a Jew, and because Von
riohve was held mainly responsible
for the Kldilnef massacre, it is as
sumed that the present assassination
i« an echo of tho Klsbinef affair. Per
haps that Is partly true, but there
also Is reason to fear that Russia’s
troubles abroad have prompted a gen
eral renewal of activity among the
ndlrat element at borne, Nb doubt
there Is general disposition among tile
radicals to add to the cup of bitterness
the government Is now slipping, and to
embarrass the government In every
possible way. While the Russian gov
i-vumeill hti« little claim to world ifym
paihjr. the act of the assassin cannot
be defended from any rational stand
point. It will not help the cause of
(he reactionaries. The Russian nutoc-
ey may not he strong enough to han
dle the situation In Manchuria, but
then! tt no question of its power ’to
deal with the situation at home. Vio
lent measures upon the part of the
protesting element are likely to pro
voke only harsher repressive measures
by the government. The real hope; for
liberalism In Russia lies in the
opulent of a healthy and intelligent
popular sentiment in favor of reform.
There have been many indications of
late that the Cwir and his advisers are
realizing the need of a mote liberal
g.nernment as a step In the develop
ment oi a great nation. The Czat
himself Is believed to he well meakF
lug. and there 1s hope that In time
progress may bo made along the path
of reform. But of
an Individual is tj poor arguinant fl to
bring to boar In an appeal for liberty.
The nihilists have tried It frequently
enough to prove Its Inefficiency" 1 ■ *
Wear Kings at Night.
“Women are not wearing rings an
they did several years ago,” said a
well-known gent expert when asked If
rings nfe no longer stylish. "They
lmy more rings than ever before, but
they use the* only for full dress.
“Why, aa recently as five years ago.
the sex had n craze for making pawn
shop displays on their hands, an 4 wore
rings morning, noon and night, any
where and everywhere. Oven women
In the deepest mourning did not dis
card their rings.
“But It is port so now, The matron
is content with wearing her wedding
ring, even putting aside her engage
nient ring, while her single sister, If
she wears eveji one ring, usually adopts
ti plain dull gold seal ring adorned with
Iter cotu-of-arms or somebody else's.
"ltipgs are brought out with tlioi
stars, but It la now considered quite
vulgar to burden the hittida with them
in the daylight"
A Money-Making Widower.
".V most peculiar chap; lie has hepu
married four times. Between spells
he seems to have a positive ganlua for
moneymaking; bat Jnsl ns soon as he
gets married the faculty uppenrn to de
sert him. nnd lie loses out llnanelnlly."
“U’m! He Is a great deni like one
or those mustang ponies, out West —
baa to be broken every time he Is
hitched ifp." ‘ ■
Uoi man Telephone Gicls. ! t
j l lie -I.IHm telephone girls* In .Ger
ninny ur* government employes. Eauh
•bust be of good nbnrqelor and Uvo Jq i
a rApi'ctnlile family. T.ie pay |
'■cuts a day, with an advance of 0 dents j
in two ynts, and (host fonr y*nrs In
service secure 71 cents n daJL '"Applt- \
cants for these iisimlly wait
two years for nn ( j
-IB Editors alsSI
OPINIQNS OF IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Corryinq Money. j
returned Alnskan miner went to sleep In a
I Pullman car in Pennsylvania the other night
I ■ jvltli JI’J.OOO in gold on his pc:-m. He may not
;Knve<bcpn. wiser vfrhen&he awoke next morning
UUSBc hut he jk'as 12.000 poorer, it lie laid put £ls
money In a bank and carried only a letter of
»,- credit and u small Bum of cash on tho Pullman
he would have had Ills fortune yet
The mistake of carrying too much money Is a common
one. riven good business men ibniellmcs make It. Thbre Is
no sense In any man’s carrying rtlore than a very small
amount of cash. Whether he 1 lives In the country and Is
going to town, or lives In the city and Is going down
town, a few dollar* will lie sufficient to meet any emeu
geocy which cannot be met by chequing on the bunk. A
llttl* money to pay for lunch, top possible telephone and
telegraph messages, for street car fare, for a carriage In
case of accident—everybody ought to carry enough fou
these purposes, and there usually Is no good reason why
anyone should curry more.
Even those who are traveling need less cash than many
habitually carry. So perfect and so extensive has the mod
ern banking system become that a man can go all over his
own country and around the world mi a few slips of paper
that would he Worthless to anybody else but a bold and
skilful knave and would lie very dangerous for him. The
bast and safest place for one’s roll Is in the bank. Hunks
fall once In a while; but the chances of losing money de
posited In them are infinitely few compared with the
chances of losing it from the person.—Kansas City Journal.
Women and Work.
census returns of the United States show
Tvery clearly that women arc pressing forward
more and more into professions and positions
formerly held by men, uud this in our opinion
Bs#jKrjfK& is an excellent sign, although in some branches
0 f labor there Is an outcry against this usurpa
tion of whttl is termed man s prerogative. What
women more particularly require is a training from an
early age which will enable them to take tlieif own psrl in
the battle of life when throughpthe death of those on whoiiy
they w.ere dependent, or through misfortune, It becomes
Incumbent on them to provide for themselves. This early
training Is a matter which does not appear to receive the
attention and consideration that if ought, for how many
women are there who can, for example, compute Interest
Intelligently and accurately; how many are there who are
even capable of managing their own affairs, or their own
property, if they hare any, with anything like business
capacity? The education of woman is not complete unless
ahe has as part of her equipment a knowledge of at least<
the rudiments of business. Women who are blessed with]
« fair share of worldly goods need this knowledge hardly f
less than those, who have to make tliciy own way iq the
world, and wlio have not tin* protection 'and guardianship
of husband and father, for such women can never be sure
that they may not at any moment be called tip to earn their
own livelihood.—How to Live.
The Church and the People.
pastor who u-sks why it is tlut the
T younger generation Is losing Its respect for
the church, need not go far afield in search of
an answer. It Is because a majority of the
ESflßtiMl churches do not meet the demand* of people*
how on earth for an outipt to -their physical
' and mental activities. The congregation to
which tiie preacher propounded his query appears to real
ize this fact It .iS ' electing a house of worship which,
when completed, will be furnished with a kitchen, dining
room and gyiuntulum for the boys. It will supply the
craving for social and physical enjoyments while minis
tering to the spiritual needs of Its members.
Rut the church which hopes to hold the young must go
even further than this. IL must compete with the school-.
J ALL FOR HAROLD.
-f-M-TV-t a-i-s-i-t-v-:"pT-r-;-i~*."r
Mr. and Mrs. Fuddleston try not to
spoil JUarold, but they are willing to
sacrldee tlielr own pleasure at any
time to give him a treat that he will
“remember when he grows up.” They
planned a treat lately, hut, us the
story Is told In the Brooklyn Kagle, the
outing will never figure In Harold’s
reminiscences of Ills happy childhood.
The circus was In town, und Mrs.
I mklleston said they ought to take
Harold; a child thought so much of
such things, and he was old enough
now to appreciate it.
Mr. Fuddleston agi-ecd. “I will try
to take him to-night,” he said, resign
edly.
“I shouldn't think of letting you go
alone with him!” exclaimed Mrs, Fml
dleston. “That is asking too much of
you, dearest. I will go along to re
lieve you of some of the care. I
slioujdn't ask you to go at ull, but it
Is hardly the thing for me to go with
out yop."
“Certainly not," said Mr. Fuddtte*
(ton, chivalrously. "But the little chrfp
mustn't be deprived of the pleasure,
•ven if jt 1b rather of u bore to us.” ,
In, the afternigin ilia.
two sisters dropped In, iu>d Mrs. Fud
dles tone told them, with a sigh, that
they were going to the circus that
cvemng on Harold's account.
"OH, toV dear!” mill Sister .lane.
"Of course he will onjoy It, but he
will bo a dreadful, care to you and
Jack. I know you will have a head
ache to-morrow to pay. for It. I think
1 shall Just go siting to relieve you.
Now don’t sny.u word, jl'a;-! l'd much
rather do it than stay at home think
ing of you wearing yourself out watch
ing that boy alone."
“So silonld 1." put In Sister' Mar
ti rm-t. "livid 1 am going, too. He will
be so'wotTed 1 that tt' will be nil the
tlil-fj) arils omi* do to hold him down.”
Mrs* FuilJlcstou lyoW' d at her with
gr:.tHudei« "Well, Until," she snld<
| "com* hire- for dinner anti we’ll get
at- early start. I 1 should hnte to have
Harold ipiss a single tiling,”
,At his jollier* that-day Mr. Fuddle;
•ton happened to speak' to Ills two.
• partners lib out Uie ti ■eat lie was going
!to give to,his LitUR hoy.
the qljib, the social function, the outdoor diversion mid the
/At&y-oTlier attractions whlclf go to swell the sum total of
■the joy of living. It also must- compete with every <tegwu-
Ization having for Its purpose the amelioration of human
Ills irnd human wretqhedilcs.*. And it must compete suc-
fiilj in its mission. 1
nffi I’hur'li which lives and moves and does its work
close to the world and its tolling, straggling, aspiring. In
quiring, practical millions will bo successful In retaining Its
libld upon the people. Mankind demands something moro
Batttfying than sounding theories; something more ntttri* 1
libus than doctrinal husks. To retain its influence the 1 ’
church musj be of the people, for the people and by the
people., Summing up, tire church must come down onl (ft
thp clouds t|nd abide with the people living here below.—
Chicago Jourtanl. ,
’ V
Blow for Pbooetic Spelling.
cause of "spelling reform" lias received, a
serious setback. The valorous and persistent
champions of "phonetic’ orthography have re
celved a blow from which they may not re-
When it came to a discussion of the propo
sition to make an appropriation of SII,OOO a
yeat* for five years for missionary work in plionotic spelling
before the directors of the NuUoual Educational Associa
tloh at St. I/si is. the distressing fact was revealed
none of the educators could remember the dozen words
which the association but! decided In 1808 must be "rib
formed.”
What progress can be made in spelling reform if the
grogt educators themselves cannot remember the words to
be reformed? At the meeting In 1808 the national assoclti
tlotj recommended twelve orthographical reforms as fol
lows; Program, tho, thru, thoro, thorol.v, altho, tliorofarq,
depalog, pedagog, proiog, catalog and demagog. It now
transpires tliat, uotwitlistamliiV tlio vigorous missionary
work that has been done in behalf of these twelve “re
'forttL m ,for six years past, the educators at St. Louis who
'were called upon to consider the question of extending the
Htfit for spelling reform were forced to make the htlmilla- I
ting confession that they laid not used the words and hence
go aid not recall them.
• : Could anything lie more tboroly exas|>ernting? Tlio
Uftpe pedagogs have continued the agitation of spelling re
form thru six years they confess they have made no at-
Jcmpt to use the adopted words In private correspondence
or in any other wny. And so the groat cause of phonetic
spelling languishes—Chicago Record-Herald.
iJXSJr
14 The Girl of Twenty-eight.
11VE ItNOK WARFIELD, of Maryland, is evi
dently, not an advoe’ate of large families. In an
address to the graduating class of the high
school at Wilmington. Del., he said:
Don’t do the fooiish tiling of getting married
early in life. 1 have threo daughters’ and will
give my consent to any one to marry ile,-
ftire she is 28.
• Tdie world lias changed a good deal in the Inst forty
-years. We have "girls" of 30 now. whereas In the old days
nlwuhian became an old maid at 23, Seventeen years was
then deemed an eminently marriageable age. and this prov
erb’prevailed: “At 20 a wofltan gets' a man better' I ‘tl)rin
herself for a husband; at four and twenty, one as goiSif'Kt
eight tfhd-twenty, one much worse." Nowadays the public
a certain shock when a girl of 18 marries.
'The finest yelirs of Womanhood lie between the ages cf
25 and 35. It Is the prlvleglo of every woman to decide
whether she shall spend them in single blessedness or in
duplicated bliss.' Considering marriage merely as a refuge,
or even as a business venture, It muy be that she who de
liberates up to the age of 28 is lost. Regarding it from the
point of view of the Individual woman’s own preferences;
she may quite properly wait longer If she pleases. It Is
with her a question of marriage with the man she wants
or no 'marriage at alL —-New York Mall.
"M.v stars;’' one of them exclaimed.
"I'd like to go along,Just to nee the
little chap enjoy it.”
"So should 1," said the other. "I'd
rather be lurrsowhlppea than go to the
circus with grown folks, but it's a clr
eus in itself to watch a hoy at such
a show."
So It came about that three men nml
three women sat down at Fuddleston's
table tluit evening for nn early dinner.
Whim It was nearly time to go Mr.
l-'uddlcston asked his wife if she nad
told Harold.
"No; I thought It would tie best to
give him a surprise," she answered.
Just then one of the partners look
ed out of Uie window. “Why, it's
raining!" lie said.
This was serious. Aunt Jane at
once grew concerned over the risk of
taking Harold out in the night air
when It was raining.
“What do you think, my dear?” the
fond father asked of Ills wife.
“Why, of course, if It Is going to
be a rainy evening It would never do
to take him.”
Then the other partner peered
through the window and said It looked
pretty bad; not a mere shower, lie
thought, but the beginning of a storm.
"I shouldn't take any risk, Julia,”
sijld the other sister.
"It’s lucky you didn't tell Harold!”
said the Junior partner.'
"Where is lie?" nsklsl'/Mr. Fuddle-
Bton. m
{‘Upstairs with the nurse," answered
Mps. Fuddleston.
“Well,” said Fuddloston, decidedly,
"we, Won’t tnke any chhtieps. Besides,
my ticket Is for a hoit, which only
seats six j>e«ple. .
No little Harold vva*, left ut homo,
mid six adults, instead ,ot two, sacri
ficed their entire evening that he might
not run the risk of getting wet arid
.catching a cold.
CITY MAN OUT-OF-DOORS.
Vacation, llnhit Mean** Improvement
in ITiIiIIc II cult It mill lluppiric-H..
A general and killing absorption in
the busdnpsrj of life was once the ac
cepted theory of American activity. It
Is true that there Is still tremendous
stress shown by Americans in the pur
suit hot only of tlteh- business voca
tions but of their social avocations.
| Yet the business man's summer vaca
tion Is getting to be more and more
uu accepted Institution. He manages
to get longer periods of complete rest
and recreation, am] he contrives, more
over, to seize upon any number of half
holidays and,over-Sunday outings, es
-IH-clally In the warmer months. When
he can control his time he gives great
er portions of It than over before to
horseback exercise and to golf and
kindred sports. The business man's
family, Instead of being satisfied, as
of old, with u few weeks in a crowded
hotel by the sea or in the mountains,
spend the whole summer In tlie coun
try, as boarders In hotel or farm
house, or ns dwellers In a country:
place of (heir own, modeet or sumptu
ous in accordance with their means
apd taste
Tlie city man’s modem discovery Qf
the country and his Increasing use of
It In tlie summer months has been a
subject of comment now these many
years. There has been discussions of
Its effect ilpon the rift- people them
selves, anil upon the country people
into whose communities they enter;
ot Its effect upon manners and morals;
of Its economic bearings ami Its rela
tion to the abandoned farm problem,
and of the Influence upon the nation
of the great mingling of people from
various purls of the country.
With all tills, search for recreation
uml .health, what with Westerners
going East and Easterners go
ing West, with Northerners go
ing Nouth nnd Southerners go
ing North, summer nnd winter:
With nil tills search for the opportunity
to fish nnd shoot, or to enjoy Social
pleasures; with all this Interchange of
national advantages (for any nnd every
climate can Im> found In the United
States), one may look for an Improie
ment In the public health nnd happi
ness, ns well ns for a dissemination of
a knowledge of our own p--nple and of
our own country which ought to lie
decidedly comluMvo to an Intelligent
patriotism.—Century.
It Is surprising how young n man
Is when his folks decide that lie Is
too old to be allowed’ to spend Ills
money, and how old another Is
when Ids family think lie is still yoflng
enough to be earning it.
Bed hair Is nbt a bur to good looks.
But no hair ut all Is
“OBSCURE” PRESIDENTS.
It l« Hurt! to Pick tint Aojr that Were
Realty Such Wken Nuiylfiiiited.
tl'olk was Mi e fi3t ilgfK' horse" to
it* chosen; litn uel&cr Hayes nor Ben
npi in iitrrlani caMfairijr he regarded
win a by any
conspicuous acts of statesmanship.
Doubtless Pierce's reputation, baa,.,
suffered by the disputes over slavery
which did so much to wreck Ills nd
luiniMt-ration, Yet, even-so, he wn* g ,
candidate for renoniimition, and re
ceived 122 votes to Buclmnaits IJJS. *,
votes on the llrsL ballot lu the Demo- _
erotic Convention or Iv,r,. Ills trom-
Inftthih four years earlier hitiL been
JV’ry well received—much better than
that «f Ills oiqionept, Gen. Scott.
Pierce had eytCred polities within j
two years uflor his udmlssiou, to the
hag', hail serv<*d in the New; llaiup
shire I/;gislnt,ure, hud been sent, to
CungroH* n.t the tige of 29. and.at 3» .
hail been ohosen United StatCH Sen- J >
ator, being then the youngest tirem
ls*r of that liody. Rekignlnk hi*- sea’t
afleV five Sears, lie returned to the
priictb-e of fuW. But, lm cerlaiuly did "
Hilt 1-elaps, • into obscurity, for in t|ie
interval between 1H42 gnd, 185 IA lie had .
declined a nomination tor Governor of '
New Hampshire, had refused an ap- (
polutment to the Serntte-nnd the offer *>
of a place in Polk’s cnliinet as nttorney c
general, anil had won considerable nril- ;
Bury reputation as a geii
eral In t lts- Mexican war. ,
Hayes was unquestionafily less well,
known than Pierqe when hi* was nom
inated to tin* presidency. He lmd been-
In Congress two years and he had a ->
good war record. But at the time of s
his nomination he was Governor of
Ohio, and lie was ho more prominent
nationally than a dozen Governors qf
States are at any time.
Benjamin 11arris,)n. tpo, was by no .
ini'iins one of the most eminent of pub
lic men at the time of his nomination. *
Ills name was in his favor, mid the
caricaturists of the day represented
him ns almost hidden nnder ‘V rninil
fntheris lint." He, too. had sts*n serv- '
Ice in tin* war, had been Ip both houses
of Congress, and had .declined a cnlil
liet appointment; liut he’had been ile- ,
seated for re-election to the Semite and .
had returned to tlie»practiee of law. '»
He was a cimiprinnisC calididatt* for
the ptoslddncy find was chosen in the
convention ,vr 18S8. after the stlceess
of Sherman or Gresham was seen to
lu*. impossible. Indeed, there are sev
eral points of comparison between
Pierce nm| Harrison, ami It would lie
hartpto show that one was more ob
scure than the other.—Providence Jour
nal.
According to Directions.
"Now, children," said the teacher, as
she distributed the flower seeds among
the little ones, "I want you to plant
these In pots, and when they begin to
grow don't fail to tell me. I will giva
a prize to the one who first.’’
The Chicago Tribune tells o£ the tq>y
who won the prize.
At 5 o'clock one morning it few
weeks later the family with whom the
teacher hoarded was nroused hy it' loud
ringing at the door'hell. The Ilian (If
the house went to the doqr( ' i
“Who's there?” he nskea.
"Tommy Tucker."
“What do you want,?"
"I want to see M|ss Adair.”
"What's the lftuttef? What do you.
want of her?"
“I want to tell her something.”
"Won't It keep rill daylight? Can’t I
tell her myself?"
"No. It's something kip* .wanted to
know just as soon as It iiajijiened, and
nobody else can't do It.’
Touiluy was admitted and shown
into.the inirlor. Miss Affair was awak
ened, anti Informed that tt boy wanted ’
to see her on business that allowed of
no delay.
She dressed hurriedly anil came
down. . .
"Why, Tommy:" she said. "What
brings you hero so early? What has
happened ?”
“Teacher, mine’s growed.”
German Tool Nanul'acturer*.
The Association of German Tool
Manufacturers has urged the imperial
government to prevent the further In
roads of American manufacturers upon
their special branches. It is qlalnitsl
that in the first quarter of the year
the Import of too|s had more fluqi .■
doubled, having Increased fropj 2ff*
tons to 52ti tons, and that in the sec- r
otid quarter Hie increase threatened to A
become even larger. Special cinpha- is
sis Is laid on tpo fact tliat the United r
States government levies a tax of 45 T
per cent on German nlaclilnes, against ?
the German tariff of 5 per cent, nml
they Insist that German machines are e,
In no wise inferior to the American,
and' flint the!*e Is no need whatever *>
for till* introduction of American ula- »
chines and tools into Germany. ■>
u L- ■ *V
No Use m All. .>
"Do you keep a cow in the suburbs, x
Mrs. Newly ”
"l should think not. We can hate
milk skimmed uml brought to our door
for 5 cents n quart. What’s the senso
of keeping a cow. having her milked
and doing our own skimming?”—De
troit Press Press.
Why ilio Girls Do It.
Tcs- Wlint did you order when Mr.
ltlelilcy .took you out to lunch?
Jess-Why. truffle pie und—
Ti-ss -t Indue-sf You don't like that
stuff, do you?
Jess No. Inn It's so expensive, you
know. —I'lillndelplilii Press. ~
Nugar ( Trie in Hawaii.
It Is suggested that the waste sugar
cane In Hawaii —more than J.iioo.iijiu
tons a year- -which is now consumed
as fuel, could be more profitably used
for the matiufnctn-ieof paper.